diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..553343c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+TOKEN=''
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe05ae3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.env
+config.yml
diff --git a/TelegramContactProtectionBot.py b/TelegramContactProtectionBot.py
index f0bdd73..05e5afd 100755
--- a/TelegramContactProtectionBot.py
+++ b/TelegramContactProtectionBot.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-TOKEN=''
-
-
+from dotenv import dotenv_values
 from telegram import Update, Chat, ChatMember, ParseMode, ChatMemberUpdated, BotCommand
 from telegram.ext import Updater, CommandHandler, ChatMemberHandler, CallbackContext, MessageHandler, Filters
 import telegram
@@ -9,17 +7,15 @@ import logging
 import os.path
 import yaml
 
+TOKEN=dotenv_values()['TOKEN']
 configFilename='config.yml'
-
 config = {}
-
-
 reply_markup = None
 bot = telegram.Bot(token=TOKEN)
 updater = Updater(token=TOKEN, use_context=True)
 dispatcher = updater.dispatcher
 
-logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s', level=logging.INFO)
+logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s', level=logging.INFO)
 
 def loadConfig():
   if(os.path.isfile(configFilename)):